Adam Yauch’s Will: Keep My Music Out of Ads

Before the Beastie Boy Adam Yauch passed away from cancer in May of this year, he made one thing very clear in his will: no commercial can feature any music written by him. Along with other artists like Levon Helm of The Band and Tom Waits, Yauch was very much against the usage of music for advertisement purposes. While Yauch’s wishes may appear to be valid, but an article by Wendy S. Goffe in Forbes…

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